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/ 25 October 2007
Taking inspiration from the seasons, Metropolitan Holdings has developed an innovative strategy to battle HIV/Aids at grassroots level. Using the Doyle model — an actuarial tool developed by MD Peter Doyle to project the demographic effect of HIV/Aids in Southern Africa — Metropolitan has created "seasonal" scenarios that predict South Africa’s HIV/Aids future.
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/ 25 October 2007
Government has come a long way with the South African education system since the country’s democratisation in 1994, especially in terms of developing legislation aimed at addressing past imbalances. It has also made great strides in taking education forward with new curricula designed to serve the economy.
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/ 25 October 2007
As HIV/Aids makes inroads into South Africa’s skills base, more companies are waking up to the idea of investing in employees through an innovative and comprehensive workplace programme. The New Clicks Group launched its Employee Wellness Programme (EWP) in September last year, after years of fine- tuning the programmme.
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/ 25 October 2007
As South Africans pull together to strengthen our young democracy, there is widespread recognition that children and youth are the fabric of the future. The emotional, economic, educational and social needs of our youngest citizens are of paramount importance if they are to reach their full potential and become productive and stable members of South African society.
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/ 25 October 2007
In the real world justice is mainly for the wealthy. Do you have a spare R1 000 an hour for lawyer’s fees? This is not even what the top firms charge their corporate clients. And what of the lawyers themselves? They might have entered the profession dreaming of striving for justice and defending the innocent, but end up stuck in plush corporate offices helping the rich get richer.
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/ 25 October 2007
A surge in naked sleepwalking among guests has led one of Britain’s largest budget hotel groups to re-train staff to handle late-night nudity. Travelodge, which runs more than 300 business hotels in Britain, says sleepwalking rose seven-fold in the past year, and 95% of the somnambulants are scantily clad men.
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/ 25 October 2007
HIV/Aids has forced all sectors of society to respond to the ravages of the epidemic — from businesses and health insurers to educational institutions. It has forced those who care for the terminally ill, our caregivers and health workers, to re-invent how they treat those living with the virus.
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/ 25 October 2007
The anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter on October 24 1945 has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. It is particularly symbolic, intentionally or not, that on the same date this year the Pan African Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of a new world body destined to represent the people at the UN.
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/ 25 October 2007
How do you give corporate gift buyers access to local hand-made products and provide the country’s many talented crafters with an entrée to this major niche market? This is the question the Old Mutual Foundation’s Gift project tried to answer. Gift is an initiative of the Cape Craft & Design Institute (CCDI) and the Old Mutual Foundation.
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/ 25 October 2007
With most schools in rural areas facing abject poverty, overcrowding, lack of resources and facilities, the cry for help is loud and desperate. Rural children want to compete on an equal footing with their urban brothers and sisters. Anglo American South Africa has answered this call with its Rural Schools Programme aimed at ameliorating the situation in Limpopo.